Good afternoon Baron and friends! Hope your day is progressing well. 💙

The Arctic itself is a haunted expanse. Franklin’s doomed expedition sought the Northwest Passage, but ice and scurvy swallowed the crew. Their ghosts linger in stories and naval lore alike. #WyrdWednesday

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Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

that donald trump was allowed to become president again after J6 is something we may never recover from as a nation

The Coffin Riding Ghost Of Montreal open.substack.com/pub/canadaeh...

It's Banned Books Week! It's time for the MA legislature to pass a Freedom to Read bill that protects librarians & educators from harassment, and protects authors, creators, booksellers & publishers from economic harm. I support An Act Regarding Free Expression (H.3594/S.2328). #MassFreedomToRead

#yeg PARENTS. How's it going? Do you need a little coffee break? Bring the kiddos down to Audreys 10am-12pm weekdays. We're reading stories. Because we care about parents, kids and especially our teachers. #storytimewithaudreys #booksky

Grrr... More doubtmongering noise. Acting CDC director calls for MMR vaccine to be broken up into three shots www.statnews.com/2025/10/06/t... @statnews "NO evidence that giving shots separately for measles, mumps, and rubella offers any advantage in terms of safety or effectiveness."

Banned Books Week 2025 Resources to Educate, Inspire Action www.slj.com/story/Banned...

Over the weekend, Trump's deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller repeatedly attacked judges, calling them part of an "organized terrorist attack" on the US government.... On Saturday, the home of a judge who ruled against Trump, went up in flames time.com/7323442/sout...

Hug and thank a teacher!

Several journalists resigned this week from three Alaska newspapers after the publications’ corporate owner made significant edits to an article about Charlie Kirk’s death, appearing to yield to pressure from a Republican state lawmaker who had criticized the coverage. (NY Times)

True North Country Comics Podcast presents the latest news about Canadian comic book and graphic novel creators for Saturday, October 4, 2025. Get the scoop here truenorthcountrycomics.com/2025/10/04/n...

Do you follow @folklorelibrary.bsky.social We founded this registered charity to save and preserve folklore materials and at-risk heritage. The charity holds collections of international significance. Please follow if you don’t and tell your friends if you do 🥰 bit.ly/flafundraising to support

*A Republican lawmaker objected to reference to Charlie Kirk holding “often racist and controversial views” in local Alaska news *The corporate owner took down the story and edited it *The journalists resigned This feels like more and more of our media now. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...

The mystery of medical diagnosis!

Saturday morning delight in Seba Beach. Photo by Peter.

What causes will-o’-the-wisps—ghostly flashes of light that can appear above swamps and marshes—has never been adequately explained. Until now

Now corrected, belatedly, a hasty Skynews edit [sic]🤦🏼‍♂️ I didn't know the ArchBishop designate, Sarah Mullally, before but I certainly didn't know of her husband, a city of London guide who works/worked in software and HR. In other news, Hugo Von Lawick died in 2002. He was married to Jane Goodall.

The Bytown Museum is the oldest stone building in Ottawa, with a history dating back to 1827 and the construction of the Rideau Canal. With that history comes stories of ghosts that inhabit the building to make it a very haunted place. This is the story! 🧵 1/7

A spooky read recommendation now from the fabulous @folklorepod.bsky.social. Scooby Doo and ghosts and ghouls galore - what's not to love! #FolkloreThursday

Monday, October 20th in DC! Details and tickets at www.ticketleap.events/tickets/prof... .

I made a free printable bookmark you can use for any banned books week (or before or after!) displays, books, etc., that gives people *action items* for defending the right to read. buttondown.com/wellsourced/...

Comics and social protest have a long history that now includes #OnePiece #comics #manga #publichistory www.cbc.ca/news/world/o...

US President Donald Trump has linked childhood vaccine use and paracetamol use by pregnant women to autism.

Read Your World's Fight Back Fundraiser: Supporting Banned Books Week Authors: tell us about your banned book and we will purchase it and gift to a teacher! buff.ly/XzHxPgE via Mia Wenjen #ReadYourWorld #bannedbooks #giveaway

Black boys and their stories in YA are often pushed aside or not supported enough. So I want to highlight this beautiful YA that focuses on queer Black boys and necromancy. Please support author Louangie Bou-Montes

The global scientific community has pushed back on the claim that paracetamol during pregnancy is linked to autism, saying there is no relationship between the two.

www.facebook.com/share/1FAD4N... I discussed it in my first book on contemporary legends, TALES, RUMORS AND GOSSIP (1996), in WHAT HAPPENS NEXT (2012), and again in THE WATKINS BOOK OF URBAN LEGENDS (2024). This scam has a long legacy and it is still targeting and capturing people's funds.

To authors thinking of using AI to translate their books instead of hiring a human translator: I strongly recommend you read this excellent article by @averyudagawa.bsky.social on the #SCBWI blog: scbwi.blogspot.com/2025/09/ai-w... #KidLit #Translation

Guys Rupert Murdoch pumping disinformation directly into teens’ brains is very bad. Maybe worse than Musk taking over twitter.

This is murder, ordered by Trump, plain and simple.

A recent collection from the #Library @stonelands.bsky.social

You guys, so many Romance girlies are reading "On Tyranny" that they've broken the Goodreads recommendations algorithm. 10/10; no notes. #romancelandia

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

Oh, how I love librarians. Highly recommend taking a few minutes to read this balm of an essay by Katie Walsh. ❤️ slate.com/life/2025/09...

In a democracy, no one should fear expressing their opinion, or signing a petition. Although these fears exist, let me assure you that the #ForeverCanadian petition will not be accessible to #AbGov officials. Only my team and Elections Alberta will see it. #ableg calgaryherald.com/news/politic...

I covered this as it was happening, so it's kind of surreal to see it being turned into a graphic novel, but the book looks like it will be amazing! icv2.com/articles/new...

Anansi, the Great Trickster spider, was determined to collect all of the sky god Nyame’s stories. And so it was that Anansi, weaver of stories, master of tales, came into his own. #WyrdWednesday 🔗👇 mythcrafts.com/2019/01/31/a...

It's being led by the people who've long claimed to care about this stuff.

Smart arguing for how to resist at universities here bsky.app/profile/oliv...

My statement on Ai from the mini-comic as syllabus i made for new class I'm teaching that starts tomorrow! It robs you of your decisions & struggles - and the joy of being surprised. We won’t to be robbed of our learning - this is essential. This & the full mini at post: bsky.app/profile/nsou...

"The influence of American comics on Japanese manga has often been acknowledged, yet rarely examined in depth, even in Japan. This is partly because, from the very beginning, that influence operated not at the level of structure or narrative grammar" Lol come on

"The UCP government refuses to admit when they've made a mistake. Instead, they are doubling down on their book ban. [They need] to prioritize Alberta students, focus on averting a teachers' strike and properly fund our schools.” #abpoli

“…smarmy conservative virtue-signalling. The UCP’s school library book ban is exactly that…a political play that starts from a grain of truth and escalates to high emotion and division.” “Albertans will be welcome to ride the virtue pony while the economy craters.” Better is possible. #ableg

Tom Hanks award ceremony at West Point abruptly canceled www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen... How Petty is Trump? Are we all not sick & tired of so many caving into Trump's narcissistic demands ? Hanks is so deserving of this award He cares and has done so much for our military and veterans SHAME